Thursday, 2 August 2007

workaround: juhu crashes at launch

some users reported that juhu 0.8.3 (and previous versions for that matter) crashs at launch. up until now this is confirmed only on ppc-based macs, but due to the help of mikka and lloyd I was able to figure out a small workaround which should do the trick until the next release: the crash is produced by the routines that check for newer versions, so turning the update mechanism off should help. in order to do that, just open ~/Library/Preferences/com.somemorecode.juhu.plist and set autoupdate to NO.

no, actually that is a very good question. there are two tools you can use for that: the first comes with the apple development tools which ship on your mac os x dvd. the other one is a commercial product with a working trial version download. http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/plisteditpro/ the next juhu release will fix the bug, but until then you could use these tools.

Juhu started crashing on me too awhile ago. Its just asking for my account information at launch, and when i type them in, it just disappears without any errors. I should get back to the older version i guess. But still, Juhu has been great!:). And oh, i have a new Intel MBP.

juhu?

juhu is a small mac os x application (10.4+) aimed to be a client for the jaiku web service. it is open source under the MIT license and you may distribute it for free on any medium. it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of mechantability and fitness for a particular purpose.